All good things must come to an end.

The Nashville Predators' home winning streak in the playoffs was finally snapped Thursday night, as the team lost 3-2 at the hands of the Anaheim Ducks in overtime. Their remarkable play at Bridgestone Arena dated back to the 2016 playoffs:

It's quite fitting that the streak began with a win against the Ducks, and ended against the Ducks. Talk about coming full circle.

Even though the streak is over, it's safe to say visiting teams don't feel comfortable playing in the Music City. The Predators went 24-9-8 at home during the regular season, compared to a road record of 17-20-4.

They will get a chance to start a new home playoff win streak in Game 6 on Monday, May 22.

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If it was the Anaheim Ducks' plan to make Thursday's Game 4 interesting, they certainly succeeded.

After taking a 2-0 advantage late into the third period, the Ducks watched as the Nashville Predators responded with a cannon from P.K. Subban and a goal with the extra attacker by Filip Forsberg in the dying seconds to send the game to overtime.

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Defenseman Kevin Bieksa spoke postgame, suggesting the late collapse was a gift by the team for the fans.

"Well, we're trying to keep the game entertaining. Sell it to the fans," Bieksa said.

As for forward Nate Thompson, he admitted that the Ducks weren't too worried after coughing up the lead late.

"They tied it, and we couldn't come in (to the locker room) and sulk about it," Thompson said. "We went out and took care of business."

That "business" tied the series at two games apiece as both clubs head back to Anaheim for Game 5.

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After recording his lowest goal total in a full season since 2006-07, Corey Perry is making up for it in a big way this postseason. His centering pass off P.K. Subban's stick resulted in the Game 4 OT winner to give the Anaheim Ducks an even split of their series with the Nashville Predators at two games apiece.

The goal was Perry's third overtime winner of the postseason, albeit just his fourth tally overall. He has clearly valued quality over quantity.

Though Subban's stick certainly lent a helping hand, it just goes to show that it's never a bad idea to throw a puck near the net during overtime.

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Filip Forsberg came up clutch again for the Nashville Predators on Thursday, scoring the game-tying goal against the Anaheim Ducks with just 34.5 seconds on the clock to send Game 4 to overtime.

With the goal, Forsberg has now scored in each of the first four games of the series, and his four goals are the most of any player on either team.

The goal was his seventh of the postseason, giving him a two-goal cushion for first among all Predators, while tying him with Joel Ward for the franchise record for most goals in a single playoffs.

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Nashville Predators fans are coming out in droves to support their club.

In fact, 17,423 people filled the Bridgestone Arena to take in Thursday's Game 4, setting a Predators record, the team announced.

The club averaged a home attendance of 17,159 in the regular season, which ranked 20th league-wide. However, the Predators averaged 100.3 percent of capacity, as the rink holds 17,113 for Predators games, which ranks eighth overall.

That's a lot of yellow.

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The Anaheim Ducks came to play Thursday night.

The club dominated their Nashville Predators foes in the first period of Game 4, outshooting the Predators 14-2. In so doing, the Ducks set a franchise playoff record for the fewest shots allowed in a period.

The first period was a different story for the Predators, though:

The Ducks strong first period was not in vain, as Rickard Rakell hammered home his seventh of the postseason for a 1-0 advantage. The Ducks trail the series two games to one.

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Veteran Anaheim Ducks defenseman Kevin Bieksa has rejoined his teammates for Game 4 of the Western Conference Final against the Nashville Predators. It is his first appearance since injuring his knee in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal against the Edmonton Oilers.

Bieksa, 35, will provide a gritty presence on the back end in a series that has had no shortage of nastiness.

Shea Theodore, 21, was made a healthy scratch in order to make room for Bieksa. This is a bold move by head coach Randy Carlyle considering Theordore had been averaging over 17 minutes a night with eight points in 14 games throughout the playoffs.

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The United States lost 2-0 in Thursday's quarterfinal matchup to Finland, prolonging their gold-medal drought at the World Championship to a staggering 57 years. In fact, the Americans haven't even made it to the gold-medal game since they won it in 1960.

Given the depth of players the nation possesses, this is quite embarrassing, to be frank.

Sure, Canada, Sweden, and Russia are all rich with talent, but countries such as the Czech Republic, Finland, Slovakia, and Switzerland have all played in at least one gold-medal game as recently as 2010.

You could argue that hockey is the No. 1 sport in most of those countries and that USA is more concerned with their football, baseball, and basketball. However, USA has more than double the amount of hockey rinks (indoor and outdoor) in its country than Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Switzerland combined, according to the IIHF's website.

Furthermore, USA had 266 players play in the NHL this season, second only to Canada's 451. Sweden was third with 91, per quanthockey.com.

There have been many years where USA was missing almost all of its top players, but 2017 was not one of those years. The team featured firepower up front with Jack Eichel, Johnny Gaudreau, and Dylan Larkin, stability on the back end with Jacob Trouba, Noah Hanifin, and Brady Skjei, and a good veteran goaltender in Jimmy Howard, who was coming off his best NHL season.

To make matters worse, they lost to a Finnish team missing just about everyone. The only players on the Suomi to play at least 20 NHL games this year were Valtteri Filppula, Sebastian Aho, Mikko Rantanen, and Jesse Puljujarvi. They got shut out by some goaltender named Harri Sateri.

Prior to losing to the Finns, the Americans had dominated the tournament. They were 6-0-0-1, scoring 31 goals and allowing just 14. They even beat both Russia and Sweden.

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Perhaps the most logical theory as to why the States annually disappoint at this tournament is simple: the setting.

The worlds have been held in Europe every year since 1962, with the lone exception being 2008 when the tournament took place in Quebec City and Halifax.

Playing in front of a hostile European crowd can be awfully intimidating. They chant through the entire game as if it were a soccer match. American fans are outnumbered by fans of their European opposition regardless of which overseas nation is hosting the tournament.

Maybe even more importantly, American players aren't accustomed to the larger international ice surface. Obviously, many European teams are made up of NHLers, but their supporting cast of players usually play overseas during the regular season and are therefore used to the big ice.

The European setting certainly plays a part, but perhaps USA's failures at the worlds stem from a deeper meaning.

Realistically, how many American kids grow up dreaming of starring in the World Championship? Probably none, because they all grow up dreaming of hoisting the Stanley Cup, or winning Olympic gold.

This is not to say that the Americans don't want to win and make their country proud. They certainly do.

However, when it comes down to a puck battle, or putting your body on the line, 33-year-old Topi Jaakola of Finland, who has played his entire career overseas, might just have that much more of a will to win than a young American player with a bright future in the NHL. For Jaakola, this is his Stanley Cup.

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